Aleutians West Census Area

The median income of households in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska was $135,500. An estimated 2.3% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 22.3% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 90.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 16.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 15.8 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $32,138. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2020-2024, 11.3 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 14.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 4.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 11.4% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2020-2024, 4.8 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 52.2% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 30.4% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 23.9% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska in 2020-2024, 81.5% had health insurance coverage and 18.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 71.6% and public coverage was 15.6%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 8.5%.

In 2020-2024, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska had a total population of 5,235 - 1,517 (29%) females and 3,718 (71%) males. The median age was 40.1 years. An estimated 9.2% of the population was under 18 years, 46.1% was 19 to 44 years, 34.9% was 45 to 64 years, and 6 % was 65 years and older.

In 2020-2024, there were 956 households in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Married-couple households made up 45.5% of the households in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska while cohabiting couple households made up 13.6% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 10.1% of all households, while 30.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 24.9% of households were male householders living alone, and 6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 30.9% of all households.

In Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, 29.9% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 17.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2020-2024, an estimated 57% of the people living in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska were U.S. natives. 14.5% of the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 43% of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 44.1% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 60 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska.

Among people at least five years old living in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska in 2020-2024, 60.6 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 11% of people at least five years old; 19.6% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2020-2024, 75.4 % of the people at least one year old living in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2020-2024, 90.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 17.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 9.3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska was 677 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 22 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 388. College or graduate school enrollment was 267.

In Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14.4 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.4% of people under 18 years old, to 13.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 46% of those 65 and over.

In Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, 81.1 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 13.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 80.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 16.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 2.8 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska worked in the following industries:

An estimated 43.8% of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 11.9% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 6.4 minutes to get to work.

In 2020-2024, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska had a total of 1,356 housing units. Of these housing units, 36.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 60.6% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 3.2% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

9.3% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 1.3% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska was 4.3 rooms, and of these housing units 45.5% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2020-2024, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska had 956 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 400 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 33.5% while renters occupied 66.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.79 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.35.

4.8% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 3.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 5.3% and another 15.9% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska:

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska was $434,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 60.9 % had a mortgage. 39.1% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,331 and for owners without a mortgage it was $939.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska was $1,982. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.